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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Oct 01, 1956
Page
3
Fragmentary OCR text mentions a Sunday tide, leadership party, and names like Mr Calwe and Mr Ciseys with unclear roles. The passage is garbled, lacking coherent events, dates, or clear entities to summarize into a concrete item.
The president of the State AJL P Me. Campbell said the new Democratic Labour Party will have no impact on the ALP. Allan Mannity leads the breakaway group formed in Sydney with aims to balance power after the next federal election. Fraser, an ALP member, questioned its potential, noting it may appeal to non Labour voters if it defeats the ALP though its longevity remains doubtful.
The Minister for Social Services Mr Roberton announced Commonwealth grants totalling £104 688 for old people’s homes. The schemes aim to provide more accommodation aided by religious and charitable bodies. Oral grants under the Act now total about £1,700,000 across 142 assisted projects.
Mr Fairhall praised the National Council of Women's survey on house design while noting cost limits. He outlined practical design principles for future departmental housing, emphasizing detached single or two storey layouts, separate entry lobbies, dining rooms, utility spaces, separate laundries, slow combustion stoves, separate toilets, linen cupboards, hot water service, and electric stoves with space for a tenant refrigerator. He added no new garages or carports would be built due to finance, prioritizing building more housing units.
Mr. Lancaster returned from Fiji to present a specially embroidered cloth to the Dudley Memorial Church in Suva. Dr Wheen dedicated it in a service praising unity between Indian Methodism and Canberra Church and its mission ties with overseas churches. The cloth, designed by Mima Campbell and Mims Weston, features One fold One Shepherd and was crafted by Indian women over many hours.
Three fishermen died in two accidents at Boat Harbour near Cronulla. Victims Wil Tin Tebbet 99 Randwick Cook Street Stanley Thomas Kervin 35 Lynster Avenue Besley North George Richard Dixon 47 Hollam Road Gymea drowned when their boat capsized. A fourth, Holton Wyner of Peterson Avenue Sutherland, swam ashore after hydrant rescue and medical aid.
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